Notification of revision of the Enforcement Ordinance of the Act on the Protection of Fishery Resources

MAFF proposed revision of the Enforcement Ordinance of the Act on the Protection of Fishery Resources to add a disease and target animals subject to import quarantine (for aquaculture) in the notification G/SPS/N/JPN/1378 (dated 10 December 2025). The revision of the Enforcement Ordinance of the Act on the Protection of Fishery Resources will be published on 9 March 2026 and enter into force on 9 June 2026. Bilateral consultations with countries that have exported to Japan the crustaceans for aquaculture, which are subject to import quarantine as targeted aquatic animals, have confirmed that three months would be sufficient for the exporting countries to adapt to the revised health requirements.